Mötley Crüe Sells More Through ‘Rock Band’ Than iTunes

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Last month we reported that ’80s icons Mötley Crüe had released their new single via Rock Band, months before the album’s release date of June 24. This was a tentative step into testing the success of music distribution through videogames, and now that results are in, the Crüe must be very pleased.

Reuters reports that “Saints of Los Angeles” was downloaded in Rock Band a whopping 47,000 times. According to Neilsen SoundScan ratings, other digital services like Amazon and iTunes sold only 10,000 copies of the single.

Seeing as Rock Band’s version of the song costs twice as much and can’t be transferred to a portable music device, selling almost 5 times as many should be a sign to musicians and music labels alike.

Rock Band isn’t the only game seeing success from music distribution. The article also notes that Guitar Hero III‘s bid to promote the new Def Leppard album via downloadable content was a success as well, hitting 7,000 downloads in its first week as compared to 55,000 total sales of the album. There was likely some crossover there from fans who downloaded both the playable version and wanted a full album, but that still amounts to about 1/8 of the total album sales.

Tenth Street CEO Allen Kovac commented that the trick is finding the appropriate venue for distributing music acts. “We do research on every artist we have, and the research said that the people wh

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